this pilot, hovering above a swimming pool, now being used to douse the flames further down the hill. these homes, some distance from the destroyed coastal town of lahaina, are in the centre of the island where, last week, just before the fires, the cameras at this bird sanctuary captured a bright flash. staff believe it is a tree falling on a powerline. shortly afterwards, flames can be seen in the forest. ross hart saw something similar before his home burned down. we could hear some trees falling here and there in the distance. one big one fell here on the bridge and it knocked over the powerlines. and then you saw the house. you could see it burn? i saw it begin to burn and they wouldn t let me stay to watch it. they were dragging me out because the embers were starting to come over my truck and stuff.
and we had no way to get out because the roads were blocked. the fire was blocking anything that didn t have a tree falling on it. and the shelters that people had gone to were having to be evacuated because the fires were taking over the shelters. it was apocalyptic. we ve never seen anything like it. you didn t sleep at all last night. i haven t slept. no. no. i was on my roof all night just waiting for the go. my kids were downstairs sleeping and i was just ready to go at any moment. if the flames got too close. what is your concern about i mean, what is your back-up plan? there are major transportation issues. the lieutenant governor has said that. you talked about the roads being blocked. what is a family supposed to do in that situation when it is difficult to call 911, difficult to leave your home. you are obviously staying up all night to see if you can see a fire. there is nothing you can do. the water was off. we were in a yeah.
east from our house. and one coming in behind the house. and one underneath the house. so by nightfall, the electricity had gone out. we had no idea what was going on. we just knew that the entire island was going up in flames. we saw fire as far as you could see. and i just went up on my roof and i watched as the flames got closer and closer. we had no way to get out because the roads were blocked. the fire was blocking anything that didn t have a tree falling on it. and the shelters that people had gone to were having to be evacuated because the fires were taking over the shelters. it was apocalyptic. i haven t seen anything like it.
susan scott was shown in these sworn depositions in the emails to have been coercing people to not tell the truth, to not do fact-checking. and their general counsel, it s really shameful, he admitted he knew about this misconduct, too. as all this starts to happen. we heard all that and you thought it was a tree falling in the forest, nothing happened. but now maybe there s a snowball starting down the mountain, maybe. but what oliver was also last night, it s one night but did you see oan, right-leaning competitor, further right than fox, the numbers surged at 8:00. so, is this the beginning possibly of a significant change that could be very relevant coming into the political cycle we re in, in america? the only thing that oliver didn t put out there is what s a big night for right now i think for some of those networks, in particular we re looking at 100,000 viewers going up to 150. the pick that we saw for newsmax
but the places that they care about airing the footage like fox news, if they would still do it they re only sort of like a tree falling in the woods they want people to witness their cruelty. if no one publicized it, i wonder if they would still do it david jolly, donna edwards, thank you so much for spending some time with us today. it s great to see both of you. happy new year up next, more on the january 6th committee s final report its legacy and how it s changed the game for congressional investigations moving forward. n dot go anywhere. we ll be right back. what will you do? what will you change? will you make something better? will you create something entirely new? our dell technologies advisors provide you with the tools and expertise you need to do incredible things. because we believe there s an innovator in all of us.